1. Preface

   EditorialNotes 01 November 1986 Pages: V - V

2. The COST 647 Project on Coastal Benthic Ecology — A perspective

   Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: IX - XII

3. List of participants

   Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: XIII - XVI

4. Latitudinal trends in reproduction, recruitment and population characteristics of some rocky littoral molluscs and cirripedes

   • J. R. Lewis

   OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 1 - 13

5. Temporal and spatial patterns in the recruitment of Gibbula umbilicalis

   • M. A. Kendall
   • J. R. Lewis

   OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 15 - 22

6. Preliminary observations on Gibbula umbilicalis (da Costa, 1778) on the Portuguese coast

   • Maria José Gaudèncio
   • Miriam Tuaty Guerra

   OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 23 - 30

7. Preliminary studies on the reproduction and population dynamics of Monodonta lineata and Gibbula umbilicalis (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on the central coast of Asturias (N. Spain)

   • A. Bode
   • I. Lombas
   • N. Anadon

   OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 31 - 39

8. Geographical variation in the breeding cycles and recruitment of Patella spp.

   • R. S. Bowman
   • J. R. Lewis

   OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 41 - 56

9. Aspects of the ecology of Patella spp. on the Portuguese coast

   • Miriam Tuaty Guerra
   • Maria Jose Gaudencio

   OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 57 - 69

10. Comparative trends and ecological patterns of rocky subtidal communities in the Swedish and Norwegian Skagerrak area

    • Tomas Lundälv
    • Hartvig Christie

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 71 - 80

11. Long-term trends in algal-dominated rocky subtidal communities on the Swedish west coast — a transitional system?

    • Tomas Lundälv
    • Christer S. Larsson
    • Lennart Axelsson

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 81 - 95

12. Rocky subtidal assemblages on the west coast of Ireland

    • John Costelloe
    • Brendan F. Keegan
    • Gerd F. Könnecker

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 97 - 111

13. Long term changes in the benthic communities of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil (Scotland)

    • T. H. Pearson
    • G. Duncan
    • J. Nuttall

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 113 - 119

14. Long-term studies at a benthic station off the coast of Northumberland

    • John B. Buchanan
    • J. Jonathan Moore

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 121 - 127

15. Changes of the macrozoobenthos at 3 monitoring stations in the western Baltic Sea and the Sound

    • Kurt Jensen

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 129 - 135

16. Temporal changes of community structure and biomass in two subtidal macroinfaunal assemblages in La Coruña bay, NW Spain

    • E. López-Jamar
    • G. González
    • J. Mejuto

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 137 - 150

17. Demographic equilibrium: The case of an Amphiura filiformis assemblage on the west coast of Ireland

    • Brendan D. S. O'Connor
    • David McGrath
    • Brendan F. Keegan

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 151 - 158

18. Modifications des écosystèmes des vasières cotières du sud-Bretagne

    • M. Glémarec
    • H. Le Bris
    • C. Le Guellec

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 159 - 170

19. Variations à long-terme (1977–1985) du peuplement des sables fins de la Pierre Noire (baie de Morlaix, Manche occidentale): analyse statistique de l'évolution structurale

    • Jean-Claude Dauvin
    • Fréderic Ibanez

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 171 - 186

20. Suivi pluriannuel du peuplement à Abra alba dans la partie méridionale de la Mer du Nord (région de Dunkerque-France)

    • J. M. Dewarumez
    • C. Quisthoudt
    • A. Richard

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 187 - 197

21. Common patterns in the fluctuations of macrozoobenthic species living at different places on tidal flats in the Wadden Sea

    • J. J. Beukema
    • K. Essink

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 199 - 207

22. Long-term changes in intertidal flat macrozoobenthos as an indicator of stress by organic pollution

    • K. Essink
    • J. J. Beukema

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 209 - 215

23. Long-term studies of macrozoobenthos in intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats near the island of Norderney (East Frisian coast, Germany)

    • J. Dörjes
    • H. Michaelis
    • B. Rhode

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 217 - 232

24. Recruitment and year-to-year variability in a population of Macoma balthica (L.)

    • Guy Bachelet

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 233 - 248

25. Fluctuations naturelles et évolution artificielle des biocénoses macrozoobenthiques intertidales de trois estuaires des côtes françaises de la Manche

    • M. Desprez
    • J-P. Ducrotoy
    • B. Sylvand

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 249 - 270

26. Long-term variability of meiobenthos: value, synopsis, hypothesis generation and predictive modelling

    • Bruce C. Coull

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 271 - 279

27. The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos

    • Peter M. J. Herman
    • Carlo Heip

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 281 - 290

28. Interpreting long-term changes in benthic community structure: a new protocol

    • Donald C. Rhoads
    • Joseph D. Germano

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 291 - 308

29. Environmental influences on long-term variability in marine plankton

    • J. M. Colebrook

    OriginalPaper 01 November 1986 Pages: 309 - 325

30. List of posters

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 326 - 326

31. Reproduction of Patella spp. on the Basque coast of Spain

    • Miguel Ibanez
    • Junkal Pena
    • Jaime Feliu

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 327 - 327

32. The reproductive biology of Dendrodoa grossularia (Van Beneden) (Tunicata:Ascidiacea) at intertidal and subtidal locations on the West Coast of Ireland

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 328 - 328

33. Ecophysiological studies of Halidrys siliquosa in relation to observed changes in natural populations

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 329 - 329

34. Abra alba populations in and off Arcachon bay (France): mean seasonal evolution of benthic temperatures and salinities from 1971 to 1984

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 330 - 330

35. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns within an Amphiura filiformis — Abra alba community

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 331 - 332

36. Population dynamics of Thyasira flexuosa(Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) in inner Galway Bay, West Coast of Ireland

    • Mark Costelloe

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 333 - 333

37. Population dynamics of the ampharetid polychaete, Melinna palmata Grube, in Inner Galway Bay, west coast of Ireland

    • Anthony Grehan

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 334 - 334

38. Etude comparative de trois estuaires de manche: Baie des Veys, estuaire de Seine, Baie de Somme

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 335 - 336

39. A benthos inventory in the Zeeland Coastal zone (the Netherlands)

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 337 - 337

40. Biomass and density fluctuations of the macrozoobenthos of the intertidal flats in the Oosterschelde, the Netherlands

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 338 - 338

41. Dynamics of the dominating macrozoobenthos in the Danish Wadden Sea 1980–1985

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 339 - 339

42. Skomer marine reserve subtidal monitoring project

    Legacy 01 November 1986 Pages: 340 - 340